The Mercer County Commission suspended Mercer County Highway Superintendent Roy Braun with pay and ordered an investigation into the operation of the highway department at a special meeting Feb. 23 in Stanton.

A few details – such as final cost – remain unknown, but the Mercer County Commission agreed with the Mercer County Water Resource Board that something must be done to aid the residents of a flooding subdivision at the commission’s regular meeting Feb. 16 at the Mercer County Courthouse in Stanton.

Despite above-normal temperatures in February shrinking snowbanks considerably along city streets and county roads, the National Weather Service recently increased its predicted chances of flooding along the Knife River and Spring Creek come this spring.

The Beulah girls basketball team showed many of their strengths as they tore through the District 14 schedule this season. In their 57-39 win over Glen Ullin-Hebron Feb. 15 they showed another – their knockout post punch